Co-Founder & CTO - FinTech

Antai Venture Builder; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 80.000 - 150.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Antai Ventures is seeking a Co-Founder & CTO for a new FinTech venture in Barcelona. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape product strategy and lead a talented engineering team. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in software engineering, proven leadership skills, and a strong grasp of cloud-native technologies. Join us to build a groundbreaking startup backed by a successful venture studio.

Servicios

Strong equity stake in the company

Access to Antai’s full operator team

Office space in Barcelona, Madrid, and Mexico City

Formación

• 8+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, ideally in backend technologies.
• Proven leadership experience as a Tech Lead or CTO.
• Fluency in English and Spanish.

Responsabilidades

• Define the product’s technical vision and roadmap.
• Build and lead a world-class engineering team.
• Architect a scalable, resilient, and secure technology platform.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Cloud Native

Software Design

Communication

Problem-Solving

Herramientas

Docker

Kubernetes

Java

PHP

Symfony

Spring

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About Antai Ventures

Antai Ventures is a leading venture studio headquartered in Barcelona, with a strong presence across Southern Europe and Latin America. We team up with exceptional entrepreneurs to build disruptive, scalable companies from scratch. Since 2012, we've co-founded 30+ ventures, including Glovo, Wallapop, PlatanoMelon, and PiperAI. Collectively, our startups have raised over $1.5B in funding, generated $3B+ in shareholder value, and created 5,000+ jobs.

The Opportunity

We are launching a new venture in the FinTech space, and we're looking for a Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to lead product strategy and development from day one. This is a unique opportunity to co-build a company with us from the ground up, backed by the resources, expertise, and network of Antai Ventures.

What You’ll Do

1. Collaborate with the co-founders and executive team to define the product’s technical vision and roadmap, ensuring alignment with business strategy.
2. Build and lead a world-class engineering team across backend, frontend, and data—fostering a cloud-native, continuous delivery mindset and ensuring professional growth.
3. Architect a scalable, resilient, and secure technology platform with freedom to choose between monolith, microservices, serverless, and other modern patterns.
4. Select the right technology stack for both backend and frontend applications, optimizing for speed, reliability, and scalability.
5. Lead development with strong knowledge of software design principles, particularly Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and SOLID principles.
6. Oversee the design and deployment of a robust data processing pipeline, managing ingestion, transformation, and storage for high-volume use cases.
7. Champion engineering excellence, continuous improvement, and agile methodologies across the product lifecycle.
8. Act as a tech-business bridge, communicating complex ideas clearly to non-technical stakeholders and collaborating closely with the CEO and executive team.
9. Foster a culture of curiosity, ownership, and proactive problem-solving across the tech team.

What We’re Looking For

1. 8+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, ideally in backend technologies (Java / Spring or PHP / Symfony preferred).
2. Proven leadership experience as a Tech Lead or CTO in a startup or fast-growing digital company.
3. Strong grasp of Cloud Native environments: Docker, Kubernetes, microservices, service mesh, infrastructure-as-code.
4. Expertise in designing and scaling data architectures, including pipelines for stream / batch processing and data warehousing.
5. Deep understanding of software architecture, testing, design patterns, and team workflows in agile development environments.
6. Track record of hiring, mentoring, and scaling high-performing engineering teams.
7. Entrepreneurial mindset and hands-on, get-it-done approach.
8. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills—able to translate tech into business.
9. Fluency in both English and Spanish.
10. Bonus: Experience in FinTech or similar regulated markets and building AI-first digital products.

What We Offer

1. A unique opportunity to co-found a startup with a de-risked path and the backing of a successful venture studio.
2. Access to Antai’s full operator team across Product, Engineering, Design, Legal, Talent, GTM, Fundraising, and more.
3. Strong equity stake in the company and the opportunity to get equity in other start-ups in our portfolio.
4. Being part of Antai’s ecosystem of serial entrepreneurs and top-tier investors.
5. Office space in Barcelona, Madrid, and Mexico City.

Ready to Build?

If you're a tech-driven entrepreneur ready to build the next big thing in FinTech, let’s talk.